making amends

Example Sentences

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But I didn’t want to “surrender” to anything, nor to spend my whole life making amends and walking a path of eternal deprivation and self-denial like I saw in popular recovery communities.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2026

“It’s going to be living the rest of my life making amends because I took something that was really beautiful and I just tore it down year after year, day after day.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

This is not simply about making amends for defeat to Manchester United at Wembley in the final of this same competition two years ago.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

On the other hand, he has also been criticized by some estranged parents, because his book asks them to reflect on the role their actions may have played and to consider making amends.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024

Denying his help, any possibility of making amends, was his punishment.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan